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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
Phil Edwards	Black-faced Morris dancers (286* d)	RE: Black-faced Morris dancers	17 Oct 14
But again you're assuming your conclusion. If the only reason why Morris sides black up was that they're grumpy old morris-men cocking a snoop at Political Correctness Gone Mad and/or the Jeremy Clarksons of the UK folk scene, then I'd be with you - I'd say, sod 'em. I don't see any reason to believe this is the case, though. I think it's a reflexive cringe adopted by right-on traddies - no, not us, we're* not reactionary bigots!* - and we'd be better off abandoning it. Are there more bigots and kippers in Morris sides than there are in line-dancing teams, say, or amateur football clubs? I don't know why we should think so.

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